Re: Stargate: Atlantis, John/Rodney, "On the field I remember you were incredible..."
Thanks for the comment and vote of confidence! I really would like to expand on this, and with Grace and Ruth offering help, I think I can actually do it. ^_^
If you do lengthen this, my personal thought would be to have Rodney have moved from somewhere else and using it as a fresh start, because I would think that even in a larger area, someone transitioning while underage would be pretty common knowledge.
I'm thinking so, too; the "fresh start" idea is a really good one. Rodney's not doing the physical/surgical part of the transition at this point, he's not on hormones yet, but he's finally gotten his parents and sister to understand that he's trans and it's not a phase, and they're (mostly) accepting it. Jeannie has her moments, though. She's sitting there thinking "oh, shit, he's going to get hurt" and "oh my God, what if he gets pregnant?" and I think she still hasn't figured out that being trans has nothing to do with Rodney's sexual orientation. *thinking out loud here, don't mind me* :)